British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will resign from his post, Britain’s ITV reported after a wave of resignations that began on Tuesday and reached more than 55 ministers, government ministers and assistant ministers today in protest of Johnson’s refusal to step down. against the backdrop of a series of resignations. The scandals that have plagued him in recent weeks.

In turn, the BBC reported that “in the coming hours, the British Prime Minister will issue a statement” in which he is expected to announce his resignation.

For his part, Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nazim Zahavi, believed that “Johnson should go.”

The most recent resignation was that of Education Secretary Michelle Donelan two days after her inauguration. She was preceded at this stage by Secretary of State for Security and Border Affairs Damian Hinds, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis and Secretary of State for Wales Simon Hart.

Notably, the wave of resignations began on Tuesday with Treasury Secretary Rishi Sunak and Health Minister Sajid Javid tendering their resignations from their posts for refusing to keep Johnson in the leadership of the party and government.

Earlier, Johnson fired Housing and Local Government Secretary Michael Gove amid the latter’s demands that Johnson resign from his post due to scandals that have plagued the prime minister in recent weeks.

The resignation comes at a critical time for Johnson, who has faced growing calls for weeks from his party deputies to step down after it was revealed he attended parties held at the Prime Minister’s Downing Street headquarters in election time. a period of general closure introduced in the country in 2020 following the outbreak of the Corona epidemic.